Château Lynch-Bages Grand Cru Classe 2019
- jd100
- v99
- d97
- ws90
Category | Red Blend |
Varietals | |
Brand | Château Lynch-Bages |
Origin | France, Bordeaux, Pauillac |
Alcohol/vol | 14% |
Jeb Dunnuck
- jd100
The 2019 Château Lynch-Bages is stunningly good, and it's going to be interesting to compare this to 2018 over the coming decades. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, brought up in 75% new French oak, its dense purple hue is followed by an incredible bouquet of pure crème de cassis, freshly sharpened cedar pencil, spring flowers, smoke, and graphite, with an almost liqueur of rocks-like minerality. A massive, incredibly concentrated Lynch-Bages, Jean-Charles has hit a home run in the vintage, and this sensational wine has building, perfect tannins, insane purity, and a finish that won't quit. It has the purity, finesse, balance, and depth to offer pleasure not only today but to evolve for 40 to 50 years. Smart money will hide these for a good 7-8 years, but wow, what a wine. Bravo. Best After 2029.
Vinous
- v99
The 2019 Lynch Bages is every bit as magnificent from bottle as it was from barrel, if not more so. What a wine! Towering and vertical in its bearing, 2019 is a total stunner. There is plenty of Lynch Bages charm, but what distinguishes 2019 most is its spine of tannin and energy. Time in the glass brings out sweet red cherry, plum, blood orange, pomegranate, and mint. The 2019 is a great, great, great Lynch Bages. It reminds me of the epic 1989 but with the youthful grip of this vintage. A towering Pauillac, the 2019 Lynch Bages will make a great addition to any cellar.
Decanter
- d97
Intense, deep, and dark aromatics - such wonderful Cabernet notes on the nose. This is incredibly impactful from the very first taste, it grips the mouth and courses with power but in a well-balanced, harmonious way. Mouthwatering fruit juice is backed by tannins that, although filling the mouth entirely, come across as quite ripe and soft with a backbone of menthol-cooling freshness that goes from start to finish. A Pauillac with such an enticing dark profile, concentrated and direct but also so much to give. Still not near its potential yet.
Wine Spectator
- ws90
Juicy, featuring racy-edged plum and black currant fruit flavors that show nice purity, with lively anise and apple wood accents filtering in through the finish, where a subtle note of charcoal chimes. Modest in scale but nicely done. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2023 through 2032.